Assessment of visual comfort in the lighting environments of subway cabins in China

This paper presents a multi-dimensional evaluation and comparison of the visual comfort of the cabin lighting environments of five subways lines in Chengdu. The study proposes a visual comfort evaluation procedure that integrates objective and subjective methods combined with existing visual comfort measurement methods. Based on this evaluation procedure, the lighting conditions (illuminance and glare) in each cabin were measured using an illuminance metre and high-dynamic image technology, and an online questionnaire was used to understand passengers’ subjective experiences of cabin lighting. The results show that: seating layout has no significant influence on the visual performance of mobile phones or on spatial brightness; horizontal illuminance in the lighting environments of subway cabins has no significant influence on task performance of passengers using mobile phones; the overall perception of subway cabin spatial brightness increases with vertical illuminance; and passengers have no obvious preference for a cabin correlated colour temperature.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1080/23248378.2022.2082571
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  • © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Abstract reprinted with permission of Taylor & Francis.
• Authors:
  • Xu, Jian
  • Xiang, Ze-Rui
  • Zhi, Jin-Yi
  • Chen, Yao-Dong
  • Xu, Xiao-Fei
• Publication Date: 2023-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 406-427
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Rail Transportation
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 2324-8378
  • EISSN: 2324-8386
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tjrt20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Evaluation and assessment; Lighting; Passenger comfort; Passenger compartments; Subways; Visual perception
• Geographic Terms: China
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01885693
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 22 2023 9:49AM